Law and Religion

Four distinct programs pursue research and address current topics linked to the intersection of religion and law

Professor Intisar Rabb, director of the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School, was appointed as a special adviser on Islamic Law to the new chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

L.O. Natt Gantt, II ’94 has been appointed the inaugural executive director of the Harvard Law School Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies and a lecturer on law at HLS.

For Iqra Saleem Khan LL.M. ’21, the journey to Harvard Law School has been filled with significant obstacles. But overcoming tough challenges is second nature for Khan, a resilience for which she credits her fiercest champion: her mother.

Professor Intisar Rabb, who recently organized leading scholars on Islamic law for a roundtable on Islamic legal history and historiography, says that the time is right for a fresh look at the growing area of Islamic Law scholarship.